Currituck (AV 7) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE FIRST CURRITUCK The name CURRITUCK is derived from the Coratank Indian word meaning Wild Geese. Two ships of the Navyhave been named for the Currituck Sound which is located between Virginia and North Carolina. The first U. S, S, Currituck was commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1862 during the Civil War. A screw-steamer, she was 120 feet long and mounted an armament of one 20-pounder and four 32-pounder guns. Enroute to her assigned duty with the Potomac Flotilla, Currituck was ordered to tow MONITOR from New York to Hampton Roads , Virginia as soon as possible to put a stop to the depredations of the Confederate MERRIMAC. Currituck arrived with her tow on 8 March and assumed her duties with the Potomac Flotilla. She spent her entire service in the Chesapeake Bay and tributary waters performing guard and picket duties. During the war she was credited with the capture of eight vessels and several assists. She was decommissioned and sold in the summer of 1865. Cmnt I 2

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U.5.S. CURRITUCK AV-U The present USS CURRITUCK was built by the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, she was launched on September ll, 1943, and commissioned as the first of the CURRITUCK class Seaplane tend- ers on june 26, 1944. The 15,000 ton vessel is 540 feet long and 70 feet wide. During her war tour CURRlTUCK5served as flagship for Commander Air, SEVENTH Fleet, carried aviation supplies to foriward areas , and participated in the liberation of Leyte in the Philippines. It was during Leyte that she first came under fire and had to defend against numer- ous air attacks. After the japanese surrender in 1945 CURRITUCK remained in the Pacific for occupation services. She returned to the United States' west coast in December of 1945, where for the next 18 months she took part in fleet operations, She was placed out of commission at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in the summer of 1947. CURRITUCK remained inactive until August 1951, when she was again commissioned. Dur- ing her second tour she was primarily in the Atlantic and her operations were largely confined to the Virginia Cape and Caribbean areas except for a tour of duty with the Sixth Fleet in the Med- iterranean. Once again in 1957 CURRITUCK was placed out of commission, this time however, to under- go extended overhaul and modernization. Cn August 20, 1960 CURRITUCK was placed in com- mission and proceeded to her new home port, San Diego, California, to join her sister ships as arunit of NAVAIRPAC. CURRITUCK is presently on her second deployment to the Western Pac- ific where she serves as flagship for Commander Taiwan Patrol Force.,